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Re: Re[2]: Morgan Kingpins

To: jblair@exis.net (John T. Blair)
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Morgan Kingpins
From: gdm@po.cwru.edu (G. David McCoy)
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 12:07:37 -0400
>At 04:17 PM 7/16/96 EST, Steve Manwell wrote:
>
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>>     
>> I've also read of a suggestion (I think by Greg Solow) to have the 
>> king pins hardened or chrome plated, and centerless ground, then 
>> hone (rather than ream) the bushings -- this is supposed to last 
>> much longer (90,000 mi?).  Has anyone tried anything like this? 
>
>For what it's worth, I got the following bit of advice from John
>Shealley III.
>
>" Don't use the oiler! "
>
>According to him, the factory had done awau with the system.  It
>supposedly washes away more of the grease than it really helps.
>
>John S. says "He loads the void between the bushings with lithium
>grease and when he greases the front end, he uses the lithium grease"
>

Hi Folks-John raises an interesting point re the "oiler". I would like to
know what others have done. Are people NOT using the oiler and modifying
their front ends and if so how? I was under the impression that the newer
Morgans still had the oiler?. 

Dave McCoy
'66 +4
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